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Colonia Morelos (El Nueve)

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About Colonia Morelos (El Nueve)

Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) sits on the route: 10 minutes from Lázaro Cárdenas, 49km from Grutas Tolantongo.

Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 2,172, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) to your route.

About Colonia Morelos (El Nueve)

Progreso (officially: Progreso de Obregón) is a community and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, located at 20°15′00″N 99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of 106 square kilometres (41 sq mi). Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of Mixquiahuala de Juárez. It

Read more started as a small village next to the Tula River called La Salitrera, but due to constant flooding, the villagers looked for higher ground and established a new village called La Venta in 1826. Thanks to its location (just in the middle of Valle del Mezquital), La Venta became an important economic center and the village grew. After a visit by president Álvaro Obregón the town changed its name to Progreso de Obregón. On January 15, 1970, Progreso de Obregón emancipated from Mixquiahuala and became a municipality of its own. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,630.

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Where is Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) located?

Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.2250 latitude, -99.1411 longitude.

What is the population of Colonia Morelos (El Nueve)?

Colonia Morelos (El Nueve) has a population of approximately 2,172 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
2,172
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
20.2250, -99.1411

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Mexico

Police
911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
right

Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.

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Worth the detour from Colonia Morelos (El Nueve)

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

natural wonder

Grutas Tolantongo

A Hidalgo canyon where thermal springs pour out of the cliff into dozens of stacked turquoise infinity pools, plus a steaming cave and a tunnel that showers hot water from its walls. The access road is a spectacular switchback descent.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte)

Hidalgo's "Little Cornwall" at 2,700 m: red-roofed houses, a Cornish cemetery whose graves face England, and 30 bakeries selling pastes, the Mexican descendant of the Cornish pasty.

50 km · about 55 min drive

museum

Museo Nacional del Virreinato

A vast former Jesuit college at Tepotzotlán whose Church of San Francisco Javier holds Mexico's most overwhelming set of gilded Churrigueresque altarpieces: a wall-to-wall gold explosion, plus colonial art across the cloisters.

58 km · about 65 min drive

landmark

Huasca de Ocampo

Mexico's first designated Pueblo Mágico, a Hidalgo village of red-tiled roofs beside the 18th-century Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla silver haciendas, now set among reservoirs and basalt canyons.

59 km · about 70 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

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